Extension Division

A. Gokce Erem was born in Istanbul, Turkey. She developed a strong interest in music at a very early age when she started to learn the piano. After finishing primary school in 1994, Gokce continued her studies at I.T.U. Turkish State Musical Conservatory. The following year, she auditioned to study classical music at Istanbul University State Conservatory and was accepted to study violin with Venyamin Warshavsky. Gokce received her Master of Music degree, cum laude, from Istanbul University State Conservatory in June 2011, studying with Venyamin Varsavsky.

 

Andrew Moore, Bass-Baritone from Point Pleasant, New Jersey, is currently working for his MM in Opera at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. In addition to musical directing 35mm, he is also the co-founder and director of Triple-A Productions, which is a theater group dedicated to teaching kids acting, singing, and dance. While residing at home, Andrew operates his own voice studio with students who have sung at venues like Carnegie Hall and around NYC. 

Susana Leiva Ovalle was born in 1992 in Santiago, Chile. Susana began piano lessons at the age of four with Georgina Gonzalez at the University of Chile. At the age of twelve, she furthered her piano education under the outstanding tutelage of Armand Abols at the Austral University of Chile. Alongside her developments in piano, Susana was constantly involved in singing with various groups that had toured extensively in North America. This has allowed her to had been part of over twenty vocal recordings to date. 

 

Sarah Shin is a vibrant and versatile performer, educator, and collaborator. She has performed at Symphony Hall in Boston, Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City, John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Gewandhaus Theatre in Leipzig Germany, and in concert venues throughout Seoul, South Korea. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts under the tutelage of Bart Feller, as the graduate teaching assistant. 

 

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